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Chapter XLI

           

           "Itistrulyastonishing!"—hecried,afterhearingwhatshesaid—"whatcouldbetheColonel’smotive?"

           "Averysimpleone—tobeofusetoMr.Ferrars."

           "Well,well;whateverColonelBrandonmaybe,Edwardisaveryluckyman.—YouwillnotmentionthemattertoFanny,however,forthoughIhavebrokeittoher,andshebearsitvastlywell,—shewillnotliketohearitmuchtalkedof."

           Elinorhadsomedifficultyheretorefrainfromobserving,thatshethoughtFannymighthavebornewithcomposure,anacquisitionofwealthtoherbrother,bywhichneithershenorherchildcouldbepossiblyimpoverished.

           "Mrs.Ferrars,"addedhe,loweringhisvoicetothetonebecomingsoimportantasubject,"knowsnothingaboutitatpresent,andIbelieveitwillbebesttokeepitentirelyconcealedfromheraslongasmaybe.—Whenthemarriagetakesplace,Ifearshemusthearofitall."

           "Butwhyshouldsuchprecautionbeused?—ThoughitisnottobesupposedthatMrs.Ferrarscanhavethesmallestsatisfactioninknowingthathersonhasmoneyenoughtoliveupon,—forTHATmustbequiteoutofthequestion;yetwhy,uponherlatebehaviour,isshesupposedtofeelatall?—Shehasdonewithherson,shecasthimoffforever,andhasmadeallthoseoverwhomshehadanyinfluence,casthimofflikewise.Surely,afterdoingso,shecannotbeimaginedliabletoanyimpressionofsorroworofjoyonhisaccount—shecannotbeinterestedinanythingthatbefallshim.

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